Regeneration technique for the spent bleaching clay: oil extraction and activation

• Main Authors: Hanipah, Abu, Setianto, Wahyu Bahari, O., Nur Madehah, Nik A. R., Nik Norulaini, Ab. Kadir, Mohd. Omar, Che Yunus, Mohd. Azizi
• Format: Book Section
• Published: Penerbit UTM 2007
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/14050/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Malaysia has become the biggest palm oil producer and exporter with total cultivated land area about 4.3 million hectares. It has the capability to generate about 16.5 millions tonne of palm oil per year (MPOB, 2007). In order to process the palm oil, it has 434 palm oil mills operating throughou...